Find Out What’s the Rankings, Achievements & Awards Won for Asia Pacific University (APU) in Malaysia

  • List of the awards & achievements for Asia Pacific University (APU) Malaysia throughout the years
  • Asia Pacific University (APU) world rankings and in Malaysia

One of the criteria in choosing to study at a private university in Malaysia is to look at the rankings, awards & achievements that it has won. These are evidences that reflect what the university is actually good at and help students choose the best university that fit their academic goals. The list of rankings, awards & achievements for Asia Pacific University (APU) is meant to guide students in making the right choice.

The Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU) is acknowledged to be one of Malaysia’s top private university in Malaysia for Computer Science, Software Engineering and Information Technology (IT) courses. Since its beginning in 1993 as the Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT), the University has produced more than 17,000 highly skilled technology professionals in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific region, and has earned a reputation for excellence in education and research and development.

APU offers a wide range of degrees with Technology as a common core. It is APU’s aim to nurture and encourage innovation through their programmes, with the intention of producing individuals who will learn, adapt and think differently in new and better ways. Students interested to register at APU may go to this link.Scholarships are available to deserving students. Affordable hostel accommodation is provided for outstation students.

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Asia Pacific University (APU) is An Award-Winning Malaysian Private University

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The Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU) stands tall among Malaysia’s premier Institutions of Higher Learning – this is a University where a unique fusion of technology, innovation and creativity works effectively towards preparing graduates for significant roles in business and society globally.

In 2004, APU’s associate institution, APIIT, was the only Malaysian education institution to have won multiple awards in both National and International Asia Pacific ICT Awards. It was also the only Malaysian finalist in the Asian Innovation Awards and the winner of the Malaysian IT Product of the Year.

Asia Pacific University’s achievements in winning a host of prestigious awards at national and regional levels over the years bear testimony to their commitment to excellence in higher education and training, as well as innovative research and development and comercialisation.

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  • UCTI has now been upgraded to university status hence the name change to Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU)
  • UCTI (through APIIT) is Malaysia’s first Institution to achieve Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Company Status
  • The only Institution to have won the prestigious MSC Asia Pacific ICT Awards every year since the inception of the awards in 1999.
  • UCTI’s academic programmes are all approved by the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia and the qualifications are accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA).
  • Asia Pacific University College of Technology and Innovation (UCTI) was established when Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) was officially awarded University College status by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, in 2004.

The new University College is now called UCTI for short. Recently in July 2012, they have received university status and therefore is now known as the Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU)

List of Awards & Achievements for Asia Pacific University (APU) Malaysia

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The APIIT Education Group received the prestigious Prime Minister’s Industry Excellence Award from the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak. Only one organization was selected to receive the Prime Minister’s Industry Excellence Award from among nearly 30 other award recipients in 8 different categories. APIIT Education Group was also awarded Export Excellence Award (Services).

The Industry Excellence Awards, organized by the Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI), recognizes and rewards organizations for organizational excellence including competitiveness, innovativeness, market presence and export performance. Winning the Prime Minister’s Industry Excellence Award is a significant milestone and an honour for APU as a leader in higher education. The award truly reflects our commitment and focus on quality, innovation, graduate employability and internationalization.

As a testimony of that Asia Pacific University (APU) is the best university for computing, computer science and ICT in Malaysia, they and their students have won the following awards:

  • APU emerges as the First and Only QS 5 Stars Plus University in Malaysia
    In the latest QS Stars University Ratings officially announced at the QS Apple Conference on November 1, 2021, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) attained a QS 5 Stars Plus university rating – the first and only in Malaysia!. Only 18 universities from around the world have achieved this rating. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), UK, is the world’s leading provider of services, analytics, and insights to the global higher education sector.
  • “100% Employed by Graduation” – Graduate Tracer Study 2018 – According to the latest Annual Graduate Tracer Study by Ministry of Education Malaysia, 100% of APU graduates were employed by graduation in 2018.
  • APU was awarded the Premier Digital Tech University status by the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). APU is recognised for its commitment in offering top-notch digital technology courses and ensuring our highly-skilled graduates continue to flourish and fill future digital job demands locally and globally. This status was awarded by the Minister of Higher Education Malaysia in 2017. In June 2019, this status has been renewed for a further 3 years by MDEC.
  • Asia Pacific University (APU) is Rated No.1 in Asia and Malaysia for Multicultural Learning Experience.
    (*Student Barometer Wave 2014, ‘Studying with people from other cultures’)
  • Soaring Upwards – APU awarded 5-STAR Excellent Rating at SETARA 2017​. APU was announced as among the Highest Rated Emerging Universities in Malaysia, being rated at 5-STAR (EXCELLENT Rating) under the SETARA 2017 Ratings by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). APU has maintained this Excellent Rating in the SETARA 2011, 2013 and now in 2017. SETARA 2017 5-Star Rating was presented by the Minister of Higher Education Malaysia.
  • 5-STARS for APU at QS Stars Rating 2017 -Asia Pacific University (APU) received international recognition by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in 2017 with APU being awarded 5-Star in four categories of the QS Stars Rating – Teaching, Employability, Facilities and Inclusiveness. The QS Stars rating measures achievements of universities worldwide. QS Stars is a international rating system which allows students to better understand an institution’s qualities, looking at everything from the employability of graduates, to sports facilities and community engagement.
  • Asia Pacfic University (APU) achieved a Tier 5 ranking or Excellent in the SETARA 2019, SETARA 2017SETARA 2013 and SETARA 2011. The top university rank achieved by Asia Pacific University (APU) affirms their commitment and position as one of the best universities in Malaysia.
  • Their students have won the Microsoft Imagine Cup (Malaysia) for 2010, 2011 & 2012 and have represented Malaysia in the Microsoft Imagine Cup (World) competition. For 2011, they won all the top 3 awards.
  • Prime Minister Industry Excellence Award 2010

THE MERITS, AWARDS AND RECOGNITION, LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL

Over the years APU has won the following awards due to its trend of delivering on the best to its stakeholders.

MYSTARTUP HACKATHON X DIGITAL NASIONAL BERHAD (DNB)

  • 2023 – Problem Statement 3 Winner

WATER VANGUARDS CHALLENGE 2023

  • 2023 – Champion
HARI PROFESION TEKNIKAL NEGARA (HPTN) 

  • 2022 – Champion in the FIFA eSport tournament
I-HACK COMPETITION 

  • 2022 – 4th Place
  • 2022 – 6th Place
  • 2022 – 7th Place
ASIA PACIFIC ICT ALLIANCE (APICTA) AWARDS  

  • 2022 – Merit Award of ‘Student-Tertiary Technology’
  • 2022 – Winner of ‘Student-Tertiary Technology’ (MSC Malaysia APICTA)
  • 2020 – Winner of  ‘Best of Tertiary Student Project’
  • 2019 – Winner of ‘Best of Tertiary Student Project’
  • 2016 – Top Award for ‘Best of Tertiary Student Project’
  • 2013 – Top Award for ‘Best of Tertiary Student Project’
  • 2012 – Top Award for ‘Best of Tertiary Student Project’
  • 2011 – Winner of ‘Special Jury Award’ by the Prime Minister
  • 2011 – Top Award for ‘Best of Tertiary Student Project’
  • 2011 – 2 Merit Awards for ‘Best of Tertiary Student Project’
  • 2010 – Top Award for ‘Best of Tertiary Student Project’
  • 2008 – Top Award for ‘Best of e-Inclusion & e-Community’
  • 2005 – Top Award for ‘Best of Applications & Infrastructure Tools’
  • 2004 – Top Award for ‘Best of Education & Training’
  • 2004 – Top Award for ‘Best of Applications & Infrastructure Tools’
  • 2004 – Merit Award for ‘Best of Research & Development’
  • 2003 – Merit Award for ‘Best of Research & Development’
  • 2002 – Merit Award for ‘Best of Smart Learning Applications’
  • 2001 – Merit Award for ‘Best of Smart Learning Applications’
  • 2000 – Merit Award for ‘Best of Smart Learning Applications’
  • 2000 – Top Award for ‘Best of Student Projects’
  • 1999 – Merit Award for ‘Best of Student Projects’
BATTLE OF HACKERS (BOH)

  • 2022 – 1st Runner Up
  • 2022 – 3rd Runner Up
  • 2021 –  Champion
  • 2021 –  Top 6
  • 2021 –  Top 7
  • 2021 –  Top 8
MASISWA CENTRAL ZONE GAMES

  • 2022 – Champion in Badminton category: Women Single
  • 2022 – 2nd Runner Up in Badminton category: Women Double
  • 2022 – 2nd Runner Up in Volleyball category
  • 2022 – 1st Runner Up in Chess category
MONSTAR ASIA YOUNG TALENT AWARDS

  • 2022 – Top 100 Asia Young Talents: Kelvin Chew
MALAYSIA TECHLYMPICS: DATA SCIENCE CHALLENGE

  • 2022 – Champion
SUMMER INTERNATIONAL DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

  • 2022 – Champion in Dance category: Amateur Closed
  • 2022 – 3rd Place in Dance category: Amateur Open
ALLEGRO

  • 2022 – Champion in Dance category: Amateur Closed
  • 2022 – 2nd Place in Dance category: Amateur Open
12TH MILO-PUTRAJAYA TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIP

  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Taekwondo Men’s Light Middle category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Taekwondo Women’s Fin category
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal in Taekwondo Men’s Light Middle category
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal in Taekwondo Men’s Welter category
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal in Taekwondo Men’s Heavy category
4TH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION – FUSION 2022: STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION

  • 2022 – 1 Gold award, 3 Silver awards, 5 Bronze awards, 3 Special Jury Awards for best poster and best video, and 2 Lucky Winners.
INTEL & CREST INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE

  • 2022 – Grand Prize
ODYSSEY HACKFEST: ONLINE CATEGORY

  • 2022 – Champion
ASEAN MAKEITSAFE HACKATHON

  • 2022 – 1st Runner Up
86TH INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION (IEC) GENERAL MEETING 2022, SAN FRANCISCO, USA

  • 2022 – Certified International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Young Professional by Ir. Eur. Ing. Ts. Dr. Lau Chee Yong
FISU UNIVERSITY WORLD CUP COMBAT SPORTS

  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Wushu Women Changquan category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Wushu Men GunShu category
  • 2022 – Silver Medal in Wushu Women QiangShu category
  • 2022 – Silver Medal in Wushu Women Taijijian category
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal in Wushu Men DaoShu category
SEAR PLC DESIGN COMPETITION

  • 2022 – 1st Runner Up
IEM-INTEGRATED DESIGN PROJECT SHORT VIDEO COMPETITION

  • 2022 – 1st Place Winner
INNOVATIVE RESEARCH, INVENTION AND APPLICATION EXHIBITION (I-RIA)

  • 2022 – Silver Awards
SUKAN MALAYSIA (SUKMA) 

  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Wushu Women Taijijian category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Wushu Women Jianshu category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Wushu Women Daoshu category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Wushu Women Gunshu category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Wushu Men Nandao category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Wushu Men Nangun category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Wushu Men Gunshu category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Gymnastics Team Event category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Gymnastics Individual Event category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Gymnastics Floor Exercise category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Gymnastics Rings Exercise category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Gymnastics Parallel Bars category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Swimming 4x200m Freestyle Relay category
  • 2022 – Gold Medal in Swimming 1500m Freestyle category
  • 2022 – Silver Medal in Basketball 3×3 category
  • 2022 – Silver Medal in Swimming 400m Individual Medley category
  • 2022 – Silver Medal in Gymnastics Pommel Horse category
  • 2022 – Silver Medal in Gymnastics High Bar category
  • 2022 – Silver Medal in Wushu Women Qiangshu category
  • 2022 – Silver Medal in Wushu Men Daoshu category
  • 2022 – Silver Medal in Wushu Men Gunshu category
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal in Swimming 200m Butterfly category
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal in Basketball 5×5 category
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal in Gymnastics Vault category
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal in Judo Women’s Ju-No Kata category
JAMES DYSON AWARD MALAYSIA 

  • 2022 – National Runner Up
  • 2021 – National Champion
  • 2020 – National Champion
20TH ASEAN UNIVERSITY GAMES

  • 2022 – Gold Medal for Swimming category 1500m freestyle
  • 2022 – Gold Medal for Swimming category 400m individual medley
  • 2022 – Gold Medal for Swimming category 4 x 200m freestyle relay
  • 2022 – 2 Gold Medal for Wushu category Women Duel Event
  • 2022 – Gold Medal for Wushu category Women Nanquan
  • 2022 – Gold Medal for Wushu category Women Nandao
  • 2022 – Gold Medal for Wushu category Women Jianshu
  • 2022 – Gold Medal for Wushu category Men Gunshu
  • 2022 – Gold Medal for Wushu category Men Duel Event
  • 2022 – Silver Medal for Wushu category Women Taijiquan
  • 2022 – Silver Medal for Wushu category Women Qiangshu
  • 2022 – Silver Medal for Wushu category Women Nandao
  • 2022 – Silver Medal for Wushu category Men Changquan
  • 2022 – Silver Medal for Wushu category Men Daoshu
  • 2022 – Silver Medal for Wushu category Men Nanquan
  • 2022 – Silver Medal for Wushu category Men Nangun
  • 2022 – 2 Bronze Medal for Wushu category Women Duel Event
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal for Wushu category Women Jianshu
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal for Wushu category Women Taijiquan
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal for Wushu category Women Qiangshu
CRICKET TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL (T20I) FORMAT

  • 2022 – Virandeep Singh, First Malaysian to score 1,000 runs in the Twenty20 International (T20I) format
UNITEN VALORANT CHAMPIONSHIP

  • 2022 – Champion
THE IMECHE PLC DESIGN COMPETITION 2021 
  • 2022 – 1st Runner Up
  • 2021 – Champion (Degree Level)
  • 2021 – 1st Runner Up (Degree Level)
  • 2021 – 1st Runner Up (Diploma Level)
SOUTHEAST ASIAN (SEA) GAMES

  • 2022 – Gold Medal for Women’s Sychronised 3 Metre Springboard
  • 2022 – Gold Medal for Men’s Sychronised 3 Metre Springboard
  • 2022 – Bronze Medal for Wushu category Women’s Taijiquan
  • 2021 – Gold Medal in the Category: Men’s Synchonised 3 Metre Springboard
  • 2021 – Gold Medal in the Category: Women’s Synchonised 3 Metre Springboard
FINAL YEAR PROJECT & POSTGRADUATE: RESEARCH & INNOVATION POSTER COMPETITION (RIPC)

  • 2022 – Gold Winner in the Category: Master Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
  • 2021 – Gold Award in the Category C1: Degree Final Year Project Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION ARSVOT MALAYSIA (IAM)

  • 2022 – Gold Award
  • 2022 – Bronze Award
  • 2021 – Silver
  • 2021 – Silver
INTERNATIONAL INVENTION, INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION (ITEX)

  • 2022 – 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2019 – 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2018 – 1 Bronze Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2018 – 1 Silver Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2018 – 1 Silver Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2017 – 1 Silver Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2016 – 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2016 – 1 Silver Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2016 – Best Green Invention Award
  • 2015 – 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2015 – 1 Bronze Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2014 – 1 Gold Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2014 – 1 Bronze Award for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2013 – 2 Silver Medals for the Invention, Innovation and Technology category
  • 2013 – 2 Gold medals for the innovator category
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY CARNIVAL ON E-LEARNING (IUCEL) COMPETITION

  • 2022 – 2 Silver Awards for the Invention, Innovation and Design on e-Learning (IIDEL) category
  • 2022 – 1 Bronze Awards for the Invention, Innovation and Design on e-Learning (IIDEL) category
  • 2021 – Gold
  • 2021 – Silver
  • 2021 – Silver
  • 2019 – Gold
  • 2019 – Gold
  • 2019 – Silver
  • 2018 – Gold
  • 2018 – Gold
  • 2018 – Silver
INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS MALAYSIA (IEM) AWARD

  • 2022 – Gold Award
  • 2020 – Gold Award
  • 2019 – Gold Award
  • 2018 – Gold Award
  • 2017 – Gold Award
  • 2016 – Gold Award
  • 2015 – Gold Award
  • 2014 – Gold Award
SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS (SPE) INTERNATIONAL

  • 2022 – Society of Petroleum (SPE) Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Chapter
  • 2021 – Society of Petroleum (SPE) Student Chapter Excellence Award
DATA MINING CUP

  • 2022 – 1st Place
  • 2022 – 3rd Place
UNESCO CHAIR

  • 2022 – Prof. Dr. Abtar Darshan Singh appointed as UNESCO chair on Harnessing Innovations in Technology to Support Teachers & Quality Learning

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